https://cells.com/journal/ Plain-language education on cells, aging and biological age. Not medical advice. en-us © 2026 Cells Media, Inc. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 https://cells.com/journal/weekly-recap-2026-10-23.html https://cells.com/journal/weekly-recap-2026-10-23.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng This week: the power plants in your cells, shoelace tips on your DNA, zombie cells and the stem cell repair crew. https://cells.com/journal/your-bodys-repair-crew-stem-cells.html https://cells.com/journal/your-bodys-repair-crew-stem-cells.html Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng Stem cells patch you up every day, and as we age, the crew slows down. https://cells.com/journal/zombie-cells-that-wont-quit.html https://cells.com/journal/zombie-cells-that-wont-quit.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng Some old cells stop dividing but stick around, and their grumbling is one clue to how we age. https://cells.com/journal/shoelace-tips-for-your-chromosomes.html https://cells.com/journal/shoelace-tips-for-your-chromosomes.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng Tiny caps at the ends of your DNA help protect it, and they're one clue to how cells age. https://cells.com/journal/tiny-power-plants-inside-your-cells.html https://cells.com/journal/tiny-power-plants-inside-your-cells.html Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng Meet the tiny power plants that keep your cells running, and their surprising bacterial past. https://cells.com/journal/weekly-recap-2026-10-16.html https://cells.com/journal/weekly-recap-2026-10-16.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng This week: life's left and right hands, cells that recycle, and a company studying cell cleanup. https://cells.com/journal/cells-that-clean-house.html https://cells.com/journal/cells-that-clean-house.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng How your cells take out the trash and recycle it, the discovery behind the 2016 Nobel Prize. https://cells.com/journal/great-mystery-of-chirality.html https://cells.com/journal/great-mystery-of-chirality.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng Why does life use left-handed building blocks? A plain-language look at chirality. https://cells.com/journal/when-light-talks-to-cells.html https://cells.com/journal/when-light-talks-to-cells.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng This year’s Nobel Prize celebrated how light can talk to cells — optogenetics, explained in plain language. https://cells.com/journal/what-biological-age-means.html https://cells.com/journal/what-biological-age-means.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700 Simon Ng Biological age estimates how your body is aging at a cellular level.